Adjustable revolving table tray-carrier.



O. FLEICH.

ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING TABLE TRAY CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. I913.

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' ATTORNEY iso -. f OSCAR FLEICH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING TABLE TRAY-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed May 26,1913. Serial No. 769,963.

To all 20 hom it may concern Be it known that I, OSCAR FLnron, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State. of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Adjustable Revolving Table Tray-Carriers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an adjustable revolving tray carrier and hasfor its object to provide a useful article for use on a dining table orelsewhere, to avoid the unnecessary and unsanitary handling of disheswhen passing them from one person to another during a meal, and also toavoid soiling the table cloth or marring the polish of the table. Thedevice is especially useful in serving course dinners.

To this end the device consists essentially of a support revoluble on asuitable base and provided with adjustable arms adapted for receiving atray, dish or other article.

Herein I illustrate and describe in detail one of many possibleembodiments of the invention, but this single embodiment is shown onlyby way of example and other similar devices or variations of this devicemay be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed. In the accompanying drawing, which is for illustrativepurposes only and therefore not drawn to any particular scale orproportion, Figure l is a central vertical sectional View, partly inelevation, of the carrier; Fig. 2 is a plan of the revolving support ofthe carrier; Fig. 8 is a plan of the base of the carrier; and Fig. at isa transverse sectional view through one of the arms, taken on the line4-4 of Fig. 2. Referring more particularly to the drawing the device isshown comprising a stand or base 10 011 which is revolubly mounted asupport 11. The base 10 comprises a body portion 12 provided with legs13 each provided at its outer end with an offset flat bearing face 14.At the center of the base, there is provided an upstanding boss 15provided with a central threaded bore 16. The sup port comprises acentral hub 18 from which project lateral arms 19 each provided with arectangular longitudinal slot 20 passing the arm from side face to sideface and extending nearly from end to end thereof. The hub 18 isprovided with a smooth axial bore 21 which engages over the upstandingboss 15, whereby the support freely revolves on the base the lowerportion of the boss resting upon the body portion 12 of the base. Aroundthe upper part of the smooth bore 21 an annular recess 22 is provided,in which engages the edge of a rigid circular washer 23 held in place bya headed screw 21 yengaging in the threaded'bore 16, thus holding thebase and revolving support together.

For each arm 19 there is provided an ad justable extension 26 adapted tolie longitudinally against the side face of the arm and each providedwith an elongated rectangular lug 27 adapted to engage in any part ofthe slot 20 of the arm. Through this extension and the lug thereof thereis provided a transverse bore through which is passed a suitableclamping bolt 28 adapted to clamp the extension and arm tightly togetherin any adjusted position, dependmg upon the size of the tray 29 or otherarticle supported on the carrier. Each extension 26 is provided with anupturned outer end 30 adapted to engage the edge of the tray and preventlateral sliding thereof.

Any suitable material or materials may be used for the construction ofthe device, and the device may be adapted for use with any size andstyle of tray, dish or the like.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a tray carrier the combination of a base; a support revolublymounted thereon and provided with outwardly projecting arms, providedwith laterally opening longitudinal slots; extensions fitted on thesides of said arms; an elongated lug fixed on the side of the extensionand engaging in said slot; and a clamping bolt passing through eachadjacent arm, extension and lug and clamping such arm and extensiontogether.

2. In a tray carrier, the combination of a base comprising a bodyportion, an upstanding boss thereon provided with a threaded bore, andlateral legs projecting from the body; a support comprising a hub havinga central bore having an annular recess at its upper end, and armsprojecting from said hub and each having a laterally openinglongitudinal slot; a washer having its edge engaging in said annularrecess; a screw holding said washer in place and engaging in saidthreaded bore; extensions fitted on the sides of said arms respectivelyand each provided with an upturned end, and with an elongated laterallug engaging in said slot; and a clamping bolt passing through eachadjacent extension, arm and lug and clamping them together.

3. In a tray carrier, thecombination of a base comprising a bodyportion, a central upstanding boss on the body; portion. and providedwith a central threaded bore, and horizontal legs projecting from thebody portion a and each provided with a lower, .ofiset, terminal bearingface; a support comprising a central hub having a centralbore engagingover said boss and provided with an annular recess around its upper end,and arms projecting horizontally from said huh and each provided with alaterally opening slot extending near-1y fromvend to .end thereof; arigid washerhaving its. edge engaging in said annular recess; a headedvscrew holding engaging in the slot of the arm, and an upturned end; anda clamping bolt passlng 520 each provided with an elongated lateral lugthrough each adjacent arm, slot, lug and eX- tension and clamping sucharm and extension together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR FLEICHH.

Witnesses ADOLPH KIENDL, THoMAs A; KENNEDY.

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